Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Watched Rich Rodriguez's introduction/press conference in A2 yesterday and was very impressed with what I saw. Yes, he might need a little lesson about M history, but he's an engaging guy and his football record reflects that of an outstanding coach.

Basically, if we're going by Gut Feeling 101 - I liked him. A lot. How could you not after watching that?

Welcome to A2, Coach. Best of luck. I'll be cheering my ass off for you next season.

I agree Yost, I have a good gut feeling about him. I am looking forward to the season, I just wish it was not so far away!!!

I understand that some of these comments are all in great fun, however the ethnic jokes are a bit much. I hope that his children can also be off the list of insensitive remarks, they are after all, innocent children.

I for one thought that he at least attempted to have the maize and blue look with his tie!! No doubt they traveled home with some M gear for the entire family.

I'm excited for the hire!!! Since I live in Columbus, it's fun to hear all the OSU people freak out because the spread offense that he will implemented. Just think of what we can do with a running quarterback if we ever get there!!! I could be soooo sweet!

You know as I think more and more on this and talk to the god awful 100% Buckeyes people that I work with I realize something. I hope that in coming to MI and bringing his spread offense that he modifies the spread to a more traditional look than what he employed at WVU. While recruiting a huge super fast super accurate running qb in the future will be great and will I'm sure lead to lots and lots of victories is it really what MI wants? There would never be another Tom Brady to come out of MI for years and years since traditionally the running qb does not fare so well in the NFL. Also in an offense of that type, as shown by WVU, do we really want to be reliant on 1 guy. In the Pitt WVU game when White suffered his dislocated thumb you could see that the game was over at that point. It was like taking the engine out of a car and expecting to win a race with it. With your traditional style of offense you lose the qb like that and if you have a player like Mike Hart you can just rest the game on his shoulders and let him take over. White and Slaton would not nearly be looked upon as they are if it was not for each other. Put either one of them by themselves on a different team and their careers are nothing like they are now. Now I'm all for MI winning and all but when putting more thought to it I'd like to see the MI legacy continue to grow. While Carr may not have had the greatest of seasons or multiple NCs he did put a great number of players into the NFL who have made a name for themselves and for MI.

LOL @ Sic, That is one of the things I love about A2, incredible cultural diversity. Is it simply that his name is Rodregiuz (darn spelling on that one, my brain is not cooperating today) that brings on the latino jokes? I guess I just see him and his family as Americans, so that took me by surprise to hear the cultural jabs. The melting pot of America, and if you do not have fair skin, freckles and appear to have descended from Europe, that makes you an alien.

OH my God....Ok..yeah, I am naive...that is all I am saying on the subject. I don't mean to be a spoil sport. Have fun, that is what this board is for. :o)

Whets,You just got me busted at work. Hilarious. Hail to the King baby.

"There would never be another Tom Brady to come out of MI for years and years..."

B.A.H., there is only one God. Please make a note of it.

As for your point regarding smaller players (typically referred to as an "athlete" when it comes to recruiting and position played) I see your point. Over the course of time we've seen a transition from smaller, quicker players at every position (Think the Charlie Ward led FSU teams that beat ND) to a hybrid of fast position players and bigger players on the line and sometimes at running back. (Think USC w/Bush and White or LSU or Kentucky this year).

I think R2 will have to make adjustments to stand up to the beatings handed out in the Big 10. Plus he no longer has to rely on recruits like White, who only went to WVU after being guaranteed a shot at QB, whereas he would've been a receiver at LSU. I just don't see the same version he used at WVU working here, it'll need to be modified.

Feelin' Blue,You beat me to the punch on the girl in the background. My thoughts: Hottie? Check. Brunette? Check. Within 100 miles of me? Check. It is so on.

when you were a kid, did you ever have the rare experience of being the only one in your circle of friends to land "the" cool gift for xmas??

most of your friends felt good for you (and tried to play w/ it when you weren't using it) but there was always one or two guys too envious to be good sports. they always had to come up w/ and point out to you petty, sometimes silly "problems" w/ it and tell you repeatedly why they really wouldn't want it or why you shouldn't be too happy about having it.

getting a flashback on those grade school days reading the comments on the new coach.

we got a shiny new toy sunday. we're all happy because it's nicer than the old toy (which was getting "retired" anyway) and it is way cooler than the toy we thought we were getting. so, like all kids, we're excited and happy.

then along comes the kids who didn't get a new toy. doesn't mean they don't like and want to keep the old one they have- it's just some people can't stand to see others get something new, be the center of attention. so what do they do? they come along and say petty, sometimes silly things to make us like our new toy less.

well, not gonna happen. we like R2. we think he's "really cool", and we're gonna keep thinking that, at least until he loses his first game...

and for those other fans, particularly tosu fans, who keep trying to explain how R2's offense will somehow "kill" our offensive recruiting? explain to me how if running a zone option spread is sooo detrimental to your long term health, why does switzer want to recruit a QB to run just that offense???

"Pryor, whose team is still playing and battles Wilmington Area (New Wilmington, Pa.) this weekend, is looking more closely at the style of offense of each team on his list.

"That concerns me about Ohio State because they've never run an offense like the one we run at my high school or that they run at West Virginia, Florida, Oregon or other places. I'd like to see them run it first so I could believe they'll change it but I'm obviously not going to get to see that so it creates doubt."

That's from last week when he added Oregon to his list.

And my verification? "peeon". wish i had a screen capture prog at work.

"wtrck,it must be a pretty steep learning curve gauging from what he learned about the spread playing UF last January and what he did to correct those mistakes when he played Illinois 10 months later."

SiC,

You know better than that. I hope your new crew doesn't think like that. Wait, yes I do. It would not be wise to underestimate the intelligence of your rival.

There are multiple debates for the UF loss as well as the Illinois loss (other than not enough points-yuk, yuk). More than likely the reasons for one loss are not the same reasons for the other.

Enjoy your shiny new toy.

Katie,

Just so you know, my "Customs" joke was about WbgV being a different culture. I believe RR still lives in WV? It had nothing to do with RR's surname. However, I got the exclamation marks and I'm keepin' 'em.

Blue,Bite your tongue man- you shouldn't even give that thought energy by putting it out there. That's like bringing up the P word. Yikes!

But yes, it's a curse. My three great passions: Women, college football , and stories, whether they be in movie or book format, whether I'm writing them or reading them. All three have caused me great joy, and fortunately only two drive me crazy.

Well, without giving away too much of my precious anonymity, if I am so psyched by getting a 50k job at Travelers that I buy a tie with an umbrella on it, why can't he--who is making a million, bajillion dollars a year--put together "maize and blue"?

I mean, I went to MSU, and even I have two maize and blue ties.

Yes, it is just to piss off my Buckeye bosses, but still...

(Wait: Maybe that kind of explains the 50k?? And the office with no heat?? And the "kick me" sign on my ass? Those Post-its are sure coming with some great adhesive nowadays...)

Drew Sharp is an ass wipe. He boils my blood faster than anyone I have ever encountered. Why does the Freep let him write on Michigan sports????? I love to read the sports page, I will not buy the Free Press because of him. I will not pay money to have someone talk unjustified trash about Michigan Football. I swore I would not read what he had to say on the R2 hire...............then I read it......and.....GRRRRRRR!!!! He is an Ass Clown!

So you’re saying you’d rather be known for putting players in the NFL than winning football games? Props to Carr & his staff for doing an admirable job of preparing players for the next level, but I think I’d take wins over a reputation for putting players in the NFL any day of the week.

Whets, I knew as I posted that comment that I was contradicting myself...LOL, but I really didn't care, he is an ass. Period. That is not nice, and I said it, so yes, that puts me in the same boat. Oh well! He gets away with it, so I suppose I will take my chances as well. :o)

Oh famous huh? Damn shouldn't I get some compensation for that? LOL. I have spent my morning consulting with a hospital on their accounts receivables, my brain is slightly fried at the moment, I think I have the solution for them though. Now if I could just find a solution for what to do about Drew Sharp. That is probably far more hopeless.

Never let it be said we're not a leading research university. LOL.We had an entire discussion about that mid-Miles fiasco, it spurned an entire day or so of T-9 and Katie spewing poop jokes. Who knew potty humor could be so enticing.

I was just reliving The Nightmare, going back and seeing the posts from that awful day. It's kind of weird, because if we had bounced back immediately after that, beaten Oregon, and gone undefeated the rest of the season, well, not only would life be much better, but we would still be playing in the BCS champ game, being the only 1-loss team. Too bad we ended up sucking, coaching sucked, and injuries happened.

And then this V for Vendetta line kept popping in my head - Remember, remember, the 1st of September.

T9,I think all of those "auditions" that Joshua has energizes and inspires him.

I am preparing for slim pickings from Yost, Christmas is right around the corner. Hmmm......off for the break, Maybe I should write up some piece as a guest poster.......that could be fun! Joshua and you should do that too! We could really shake this board up! :o)

Ah ladies, all you have to do is figure out what women want and then give it to them. In your case Michigan football, diamond references and poop jokes!!!! No really, if you like my work here you should check me out in bed-I'm hilarious.

Actually I'm an inventor/janitor and created the new iMop. Mp3 player, internet access and mop all in one, and it's going to make me eleventy billion dollars.

The issue was not "pooping" , it was shitty a live chicken, much different than the normal log roll.

Oh my, exactly how did we get here? We digressed in a very large fashion!! So how about that R2, I must admit, when I heard him say at the presser that he plans to retire at Michigan, I felt this uncomfortable feeling. I hope he means it, and I do believe that he can't do better than being the coach of Michigan and for someone with a passion like his, the NFL is not the place to go.

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